Hi,
My sister's Rover Metro 1.1 1994 has recently been running rough and cutting out and last week eventually died and wouldn't restart. Luckily this was next to the house....!
A few weeks earlier a 'mechanic friend' diagnosed the problem as being as being with the carb, although after closer inspection I saw that no spark was being generated by the coil. This was tested by holding the lead from the coil that normally goes to the dizzy next to the engine block and then turning the engine over. No spark. Before I start on the rest of the car I would like to the ignition working at least :-)
I have checked so far:
1) Fuses - all OK 2) Ignition switch - tested OK at the multiplug by the fuses 3) Ignition relay - tested by substitution 4) Coil - tested by substitution 5) HT lead(s) - tested by substitution 6) Earth is OK 7) Ignition Amplifier module - replaced with newI'm somewhat out of ideas now. The car is quite simple mechanically, a Rover K series engine but with carb and normal dizzy (no points) so no ECU to worry about. All that's left that I can think of is the dizzy itself, or rather the middle section that contains the coil that triggers the ignition.
Before I replace this part I would like to know if I should be checking for anything else - ie any known 'gotchas' with this car? Also, what voltages should I be seeing on the LT side of the coil?
Thanks for any help,
Kris.